WASHINGTON – Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is facing mounting pressure from two active federal investigations, contending with skyrocketing legal bills and planning to change lawyers in the near future, according to people familiar with the situation. Amid ...

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NEW YORK — A New York judge set a June 15 deadline Wednesday for lawyers for President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and Trump to make attorney-client privilege claims over data seized in April raids, saying it was important not to ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A court-appointed official gave a New York judge in advance of a hearing Wednesday an upbeat report on how fast attorney-client privilege designations are being applied to materials seized from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Barbara ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime business partner of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, whose business dealings are being scrutinized by federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a state tax fraud case that requires him to cooperate ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal investigators are getting their first look at materials gathered from raids on the home and office of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer as a process to separate items subject to attorney-client privilege appears to be ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump revealed in his financial disclosure Wednesday that he reimbursed personal attorney Michael Cohen as much as $250,000 for unspecified “expenses,” with no mention of a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Stormy Daniels’ lawyer said Tuesday he has information showing that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, received $500,000 from a company associated with a Russian billionaire within months of paying hush money to Daniels, a ...

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The lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen predicted that Cohen will “flip” and cooperate with federal prosecutors in a related criminal investigation in Manhattan. Michael Avenatti, interviewed Sunday on ...

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NEW YORK – A federal judge on Thursday appointed a special master to review material seized from the office and residences of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, acceding to his request that an independent party review the material ...

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Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Donald Trump, told a federal judge on Wednesday that he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself in a lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels. Cohen’s declaration, in support ...

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WASHINGTON – The FBI seizure of records from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney last week deeply rattled the president – souring him on his long-stated preference to sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller III and prompting ...

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NEW YORK – A federal judge signaled Monday that she is unlikely to grant President Donald Trump’s request to let him unilaterally determine what material seized last week from his personal lawyer is privileged, but she indicated that she may ...

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